>> i like that 2006 obama. sounds like that was ripped right out of my radio show. that is hilarious! so we owe china all this money. 30,000 per family. boling, i think that number is about 55,000 per family or is it 60,000 per family now because of it the trillion dollars. now it's almost $17 trillion. >> eric: on its way a lot higher, too. >> right. so look, i don't understand in the white house they're used to getting a free pass from most folks in the media on these completely divergent points of view, or if they think, i won by a significant margin and i seem to be having pretty good approval ratings right now, so doesn't matter what i said several years ago. >> gretchen: i'm with you on that. but i do believe that there were reporters yesterday that did take him to task who brought up what he had said in 2006 and 2008. and he still went on and to me, he is very good at simplifying the issues whether or not he's actually telling the truth, and so i'm wondering whether or not it will continue to work for him to simplify and dumb down this whole discussion. will